Page 1 of 4 Sources Sought Notice- National Contracts Standardization Program The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. Offers are not being solicited at this time. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Acquisition Center is conducting market research for the procurement of intermittent catheters of various types and sizes for the Pharmacy Personnel Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Indian Health Service (IHS), and Federal Health Care Center (FHCC). This procurement will result in a national mandatory requirement contract for the above agencies (for outpatient pharmacy use only). Other companies with the same/similar product will be blocked out for ordering; therefore, it is our goal to award lower than FSS/Open Market prices on the resultant national contract based on purchases of a committed volume. These products will be awarded in the aggregate for the base year and all option years included in the solicitation. Please provide a response to the following: Is your Company able to meet the following minimum requirements: National Product Code: Offerors shall provide a separate and distinct twelve-digit Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) or Universal Product Code number (UPC) number unique to the offeror or manufacturer for the product proposed. Does your company/the manufacturer have a unique GTIN or UPC? If the offeror is not the manufacturer of the offered items, the offeror shall submit a letter of commitment from the manufacturer to the offeror which will assure the offeror a source of supply sufficient to satisfy the Government's requirements for the contract period. Name of Manufacturer: Would you be able to provide a letter of commitment from the manufacturer of the offered product? Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor: This requirement is for ordering by Pharmacy Personnel at the Department of Veterans Affairs and participating Other Government Agencies. The contractor shall ensure that chargeback agreements with the PPVs have been executed with sufficient time to permit the PPVs to begin timely distribution of Government orders, if an award is made. Does your company currently have a business-to-business agreement with the PPV? ___ Under NAICS code 339112, is your company size (check one): Large Business ___ Small Business If your company is a small business, are you Veteran-owned/Service-Disabled Veteran-owned? (Please note you must be VetBiz certified to qualify for a VOSB/SDVOSB set-aside) If a small business, does your company manufacture at least 50% of the product offered? Is the offered end-product U.S end-made or designated end made product? Can your company meet the following product description and usage? If so, for which groups can your company provide products? Note that an offer will only be considered for a group if the offeror can provide all products and estimated quantities within that group. If your company can provide products for one or more of the groups below, please indicate the quantity per box that your company offers to its commercial customers for each applicable group. If your company offers a different package size than 30 catheters per box then please indicate the alternate package size in the table below. Group A: Self-Cath Catheters (PVC) Catheter, Urethral Straight Tip: Non-coated, clear polyvinyl chloride (PVC) siliconized surface, catheter with fire polished eyelets. Unisex, 16-inch length with funnel end. Sterile, single use only. Not made with natural rubber latex. Individually wrapped soft packaging. Offered items must be either the brand name or equal to one of the following: Self-Cath® Straight Tip by Coloplast Catheter, Urethral Female Straight Tip: Non-coated, clear polyvinyl chloride (PVC) siliconized surface, catheter with fire polished eyelets. Female, 6-inch length with luer or funnel end. Sterile, single use only. Not made with natural rubber latex. Individually wrapped soft packaging. Offered items must be either the brand name or equal to one of the following: Self-Cath® Female Straight Tip by Coloplast Catheter, Urethral Soft Straight Tip: Non-coated, clear polyvinyl chloride (PVC) siliconized surface, soft catheter with fire polished eyelets. Unisex, 16-inch length with funnel end. Sterile, single use only. Not made with natural rubber latex. Individually wrapped soft packaging. Offered items must be either the brand name or equal to one of the following: Self-Cath® Soft by Coloplast Catheter, Urethral Coude Tip (Olive): Non-coated, clear polyvinyl chloride (PVC) siliconized surface, catheter with fire polished eyelets. Olive Coude Tip with Guide stripe. Unisex, 16-inch length with funnel end. Sterile, single use only. Not made with natural rubber latex. Individually wrapped soft packaging. Offered items must be either the brand name or equal to one of the following: Self-Cath Olive Coude Tip with Guide Stripe® by Coloplast Catheter, Urethral Coude Tip (Tapered): Non-coated, clear polyvinyl chloride (PVC) siliconized surface, catheter with fire polished eyelets. Tapered Coude Tip with Guide stripe. Unisex, 16-inch length with funnel end. Sterile, single use only. Not made with natural rubber latex. Individually wrapped soft packaging. Offered items must be either the brand name or equal to one of the following: Self-Cath Tapered Coude Tip with Guide Stripe® by Coloplast Group A: Self-Cath Catheters (PVC) Item Size Product Description Total Estimated Annual Usage (Boxes) Package Size 1 10 FR Urethral Straight Tip 155 30/Box 2 12 FR Urethral Straight Tip 1,135 30/Box 3 14 FR Urethral Straight Tip 7,684 30/Box 4 16 FR Urethral Straight Tip 2,428 30/Box 5 18 FR Urethral Straight Tip 348 30/Box 6 12 FR Urethral Female Straight Tip 149 30/Box 7 14 FR Urethral Female Straight Tip 244 30/Box 8 14 FR Urethral Female Straight Tip 2,447 30/Box 9 12 FR Urethral Soft Straight Tip 364 30/Box 10 14 FR Urethral Soft Straight Tip 2,947 30/Box 11 16 FR Urethral Soft Straight Tip 1,646 30/Box 12 12 FR Urethral Coude Tip (Olive) 156 30/Box 13 14 FR Urethral Coude Tip (Olive) 4,231 30/Box 14 16 FR Urethral Coude Tip (Olive) 2,492 30/Box 15 14 FR Urethral Coude Tip (Tapered) 1,418 30/Box Group B: Red Rubber Catheters Catheter, Red Rubber Straight Tip: Red rubber catheter with staggered eyelets. Unisex, 16-inch length with funnel end. Sterile, single use only. Made with natural rubber latex. Individually wrapped soft packaging. Offered items must be either the brand name or equal to one of the following: Red Rubber All-purpose Urethral Catheter by CR Bard/Rochester Catheter, Red Rubber Coude Tiemann Tip: Red rubber catheter with Tiemann coude tip and one drainage eye. Unisex, 16-inch length with funnel end. Sterile, single use only. Made with natural rubber latex. Individually wrapped soft packaging. Offered items must be either the brand name or equal to one of the following: Red Rubber Coude Tiemann Urethral Catheter by CR Bard/Rochester Group B: Red Rubber Catheters Item Size Description Total Estimated Annual Usage (Boxes) Package Size 1 14 FR Red Rubber Straight Tip 24,976 30/Box 2 16 FR Red Rubber Straight Tip 4,664 30/Box 3 14 FR Red Rubber Coude Tiemann Tip 15,184 30/Box 4 16 FR Red Rubber Coude Tiemann Tip 3,809 30/Box *One award will be made in the aggregate for Group A, line items 1 through 15 and Group B, line items 1 through 4. The Government may award two separate contracts for Group A, and B or one contract will be awarded for all groups. To be considered for award, offerors must submit a price for the base year and all four option years for the groups proposed. Is your Company interested in submitting a response to a solicitation? As this is a national standardized contract, our preference is for a base plus four option years to provide our customers continuity and consistency of product by allowing long term committed purchases of your product. If interested, please indicate Base year and how many Option periods, not to exceed 4. If an award were to be made based on the above requirements, would your company be able to begin supplying the product in the estimated quantities within 60 days of the contract award date? If your company is not interested in participating, please respond with the reason why. This aids our market research for future procurements. If you could provide your responses by next Tuesday, May 20th it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Stevan Vasich at [email protected] if you have any questions.

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